This year at the DEN Summer Institute (DENSI), participants created projects to be included as professional development assets for use by Discovery Educators. Here’s one from PA STAR Discovery Educator, Deborah Heigel on Interactive PowerPoints Using Discovery Education. Click here to download the presentation. All Discovery Educators have access to the DENSI projects and more

This Saturday, October 23, Discovery Education is sponsoring a virtual conference, Tech or Treat. You also have the opportunity to join an in-person event in Brockton. So, if you want to share the experience with other like minded educators, register now to attend the in-person event at the Baker Elementary School in Brockton, Massachusetts. You

Just a reminder that on Saturday, October 23rd, the place to be is… wherever you want to be (as long as you’re online)! The DEN Virtual Conference is a unique professional development opportunity that delivers great information from leaders in education to a place that is convenient to you. Get together with some friends or

There are some really great Web 2.0 Resources for Students out there that can help students with their school work, getting organized, and using other Web 2.0 resources. Here is a list of some of my favorites. TRACKCLASS: Trackclass is a great, free resource for students. The site allows students to track their classes and assignments,

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One of my least favorite trends in education is hatin’ on PowerPoint. Visual presentation in and of itself isn’t the problem! A quick glance of Google search results for “PowerPoint meme” sums up the anti-PowerPoint narrative sweeping the web: PowerPoints can be dreadfully boring, and relying solely on teacher-centered instruction is problematic. That being

Many of you may have realized, to your chagrin, that the Xtranormal site has been shut down as of July 31st. I searched for alternatives and found Digital Films . I have only been playing around with it for a few hours, but have not noticed a feature that allows characters to speak typed text

I pride myself on my lectures. I was voted “Best Lecturer” in the 2013 Sherwood High School yearbook. I’ve been told that my lectures are easily understood, engaging, interactive with plenty of student discourse–and I’m pretty darn funny! My students consistently scored very well on the Advanced Placement U.S. history exam. So what’s the issue? Lecturing works.